Word: hulbert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Howard Taft, bought the Times in 1879, and merged it next year with the Cincinnati Star. When he died in 1929, he left the Times-Star to his family. To each of his daughters, Mrs. Anna Louise Taft Semple and Mrs. Jane Taft Ingalls, went 40% of the stock. Hulbert Taft, his nephew, got 10%. Nephews Bob Taft, now candidate for President, and Charles Phelps Taft, a Cincinnati city councilman, each inherited...
...management of estates and trusts-especially those of Uncle Charles (d. 1929) and Aunt Annie (d. 1931). Largest asset of these: the Times-Star. To Bob and Charley, Uncle Charles left 1,000 shares each, appraised at $250,000; 2,000 shares to peppery, horse-loving Cousin Hulbert Taft, who runs the paper and is one of Bob's closest chums; and all the rest to daughters, Mrs. A. S. Ingalls of Cleveland, mother of David S. Ingalls, Bob's campaign manager and right bower; and to Mrs. Anna Louise Semple, wife of a Latin instructor at Cincinnati...